A young man from Chester has made a special birthday cake fit for a prince.

Andrew Clay, 23, of Chester created the culinary delight for the Prince of Wales, Prince Charles who turns 65 on Thursday, November 14.

Andrew was supported by The Prince’s Trust a few years ago when he was unemployed.

Earlier this year, Andrew won a competition on a special Prince’s Trust edition of The Alan Titchmarsh Show to design a cake to celebrate Prince Charles’ 65th birthday.

He drove to Highgrove on the 14th to deliver the cake ahead of the Prince’s return home from a trip to Sri Lanka.

Andrew was labelled as a ‘difficult’ child at school when they decided Andrew was not interested in lessons or learning. He was also the victim of severe bullying.

His anxious parents pulled him out of state education and taught at home by his mother at the age of seven and was diagnosed with dyslexia.

At the age of 10, Andrew attended Saturday morning classes at his local college to gain qualifications and make friends.

At age 11, Andrew was diagnosed with Irlen Syndrome, which affects the way the brain processes information, which explained his learning difficulties.

He was also diagnosed with diabetes, which has meant he has had to spend a lot of time in hospital. In his teenage years he went on to gain computer knowledge and a catering qualification.

Despite such a tough childhood, Andrew pursued his own interests, and attended Deeside College where the staff believed in him and helped him to gain his Level 2 catering. Andrew developed a passion for cake decoration and sugarcraft.

He worked as a chef from cleaning hotel kitchens to becoming a sous chef, but what Andrew really wanted was to work for himself.

Desperate to fulfil his dream but without a job for 18 months, he contacted The Prince's Trust for support. The determination and potential was there, so the trust provided Andrew a small business start up grant of £750 and Andrew's business launched in August 2010.

The trust helped him through every stage of the business, even supporting Andrew to identify extra revenue streams such as setting up workshops to teach students.

This has really helped boost his confidence and he is now a credited demonstrator with the British Sugarcraft Guild.

He gives demonstrations at exhibitions nationwide and has been approached by the Women's Institute to give classes.